5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
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Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5)In the administration of justice much depends upon the witnesses, and therefore it is necessary to the common good that witnesses be principled as they ought to be; for, 1. A witness that is conscientious will not dare to give in a testimony that is in the least untrue, nor, for good-will or ill-will, represent a thing otherwise than according to the best of his knowledge, whoever is pleased or di…
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